The January 2004 issue of Locus Magazine features:

• A special section on Young Adult Fiction, with essays by Garth Nix and Sharyn November, a survey by Carolyn Cushman of the best YA books of 2003, and Cushman's "All-Time List" of fantasy and SF books.
  
  
• Interviews with writers Nancy Farmer and Gwyneth Jones
  
  
• A report about this year's World Fantasy Convention in Washington D.C. from Ed Bryant: "Adrift in Neverland"
  
  
• News and photos covering Stephen King's NBA Medal, the 2003 British Fantasy Awards, and the 2003 UPC Awards
  
  
• Lots of color photos from World Fantasy Con, and the SFWA Authors & Editors Party
  
  
• People & Publishing items about Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Julius Schwartz, Jane Yolen, Sean Stewart, and many others
  
  
• Lots of reviews, including Gary K. Wolfe on Robert A. Heinlein's rediscovered first novel, Wolfe and Nick Gevers on Kim Stanley Robinson, Carolyn Cushman on Robert Jordan, Faren Miller on Philip Reeve and Gregory Maguire, and many others